--- description: New York City making a bid for convention title: Bill de Blasio Wants Brooklyn to Host 2016 DNC image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d52e9ee72416159/6986969fd0b6f2e7ac304c26/166207728.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Brooklyn Eyes 2016 Democratic Convention  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 6, 2014 7:06 PM CUT  Exterior view of the Barclays Center before a Brooklyn Nets basketball game in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, April 9, 2013. Exterior view of the Barclays Center before a Brooklyn Nets basketball game in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, April 9, 2013.Stan Honda—AFP/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 6, 2014 7:06 PM CUT Brooklyn will make a pitch to host the Democratic National Covention in 2016, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. De Blasio suggested the Barclays Center, where the Brooklyn Nets play, as the prospective venue, citing its access to multiple subway lines and proximity to other cultural centers like the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the Brooklyn Museum. “Our enthusiasm for hosting the DNC is matched only by our capacity to execute large, world class events such as the Super Bowl XLVIII,” de Blasio wrote in a letter to the Democratic National Committee. “We are proud to be the safest big city in the country and the home of the nation’s most extensive public transit system and largest bicycle-share program.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2839333/2016-democratic-convention-brooklyn/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2839333/2016-democratic-convention-brooklyn/"},"headline":"Brooklyn Eyes 2016 Democratic Convention","datePublished":"2014-06-06T19:06:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:16:29.337Z","description":"New York City making a bid for convention","url":"https://time.com/2839333/2016-democratic-convention-brooklyn/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","2016","democrat","DNC","Brooklyn","democratic party"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d52e9ee72416159/6986969fd0b6f2e7ac304c26/166207728.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d52e9ee72416159/6986969fd0b6f2e7ac304c26/166207728.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SPO-ARENA-BARCLAYS CENTER","caption":"SPO-ARENA-BARCLAYS CENTER","creditText":"Stan Honda—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2839333/2016-democratic-convention-brooklyn/","name":"Brooklyn Eyes 2016 Democratic Convention"}}]}] ```